ACP Ethics & Professional Conduct 3

Question 1

A client asks an Aruba-certified professional to bypass their organization's change management process to speed up a network upgrade. What should the professional do?

Accepted Answer

Explain the risks of bypassing change management and follow the established process

Answer

Change management processes exist to reduce risk; bypassing them can lead to outages and is a violation of professional and organizational standards.

Question 2

An ACP professional working for a VAR discovers that a competitor is spreading false technical claims about Aruba products to customers. What is the appropriate professional response?

Accepted Answer

Correct the misinformation with accurate, factual technical information

Answer

Responding with accurate technical facts is the ethical and professional approach rather than retaliating with counter-misinformation.

Question 3

During a penetration test authorized only for VLAN 10, an ACP professional discovers a critical vulnerability on VLAN 20. What should they do?

Accepted Answer

Document the finding and immediately notify the client without exploiting the out-of-scope resource

Answer

Ethical penetration testers must stay within authorized scope and report out-of-scope findings to the client without exploiting them.

Question 4

A certification holder is asked by their employer to participate in fraudulent testing for a client acceptance sign-off. What is the correct ethical action?

Accepted Answer

Refuse to participate and report the issue through appropriate ethics or legal channels

Answer

Participating in fraudulent testing violates professional ethics codes and potentially laws; refusal and proper reporting are the required responses.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes a professional's obligation when they become aware that their ACP certification has lapsed?

Accepted Answer

Immediately stop representing yourself as ACP-certified and pursue renewal

Answer

Representing yourself as holding a lapsed certification is misrepresentation; the credential must be renewed before it can be cited.

(ACP) Aruba Certified Professional Certification Practice Test

(ACP) Aruba Certified Professional Certification Practice Test

ACP Ethics & Professional Conduct 3